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  • Updates on Friday 15 April

  1. Football: Liverpool's dramatic fightback stuns Dortmundpublished at 10:56 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    Phil McNulty
    BBC Sport chief football writer

    Liverpool staged one of the most dramatic comebacks Anfield has seen to overcome Borussia Dortmund in a classic and reach the Europa League semi-finals.

    LiverpoolImage source, BBC Sport

    Jurgen Klopp's side were twice left needing three goals to go through in the face of Dortmund's rapier attacks - but climbed the mountain twice with Dejan Lovren's injury-time header from James Milner's cross concluding a night packed with drama and emotion.  

  2. Ten charged with drug offences after Sefton police raidspublished at 10:43 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    Ten people have been charged with drugs offences, following police raids across Sefton yesterday. 

    They will appear before South Sefton Magistrates this morning.

  3. Latest headlines in Merseyside and west Cheshirepublished at 10:32 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    Today's top stories in Merseyside and west Cheshire:

    • The final Hillsborough memorial service at Anfield will take place later to remember the 96 fans who died at the disaster
    • A group of cross-party MPs - led by Birkenhead's Frank Field - says rising numbers of pupils are beginning primary school underweight
    • Firefighters are investigating a third fire in the space of three days at Ellesmere Port's old greyhound stadium
  4. Football: Klopp turning Liverpool doubters into believerspublished at 10:11 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    Phil McNulty
    BBC Sport chief football writer

    Liverpool won a game that will be talked about for generations - a Europa League quarter-final against Borussia Dortmund that will live forever in the memory of all at Anfield.

    Jurgen KloppImage source, Getty Images

    Emotion. Drama. Excitement. Brilliant football. Noise. Colour. And all this even before Liverpool's Dejan Lovren rose high at the far post in front of The Kop in injury time to secure a 4-3 victory that will rank alongside the great dramas staged at this sporting theatre.  

  5. Football: Man City & Liverpool await drawspublished at 09:50 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    Manchester City and Liverpool will discover their respective Champions League and Europa League semi-final opponents in Friday's draws. 

    Man CityImage source, BBC Sport

    The Champions League draw will be at 10:30 BST and City, who will be managed by Pep Guardiola next season, could face the Spaniard's Bayern Munich side.      

  6. Rogue traders, loans sharks and burglars targeted in police operationpublished at 09:18 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    Police across Merseyside and Cheshire have been taking part in a week-long operation targeting rogue traders, loan sharks and distraction burglars. 

    They've been carrying out checks on businesses together with Trading Standards, as well as stops on the roads. 

    Last year's Operation Rogue Trader saw 121 people arrested across the country.

  7. Football club tweets mark 27th Hillsborough anniversarypublished at 09:06 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

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  8. Football: Liverpool's Euro historypublished at 08:50 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    BBC Sport

    After that incredible victory for Liverpool against Borussia Dortmund to take the Reds into the Europa League semi-finals, BBC Sport examines Liverpool's excellent record in European competition.  

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    How good is Liverpool's record in European competitions?

  9. Latest headlines in Merseyside and west Cheshirepublished at 08:30 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    Today's top stories in Merseyside and west Cheshire:

    • The final Hillsborough memorial service at Anfield will take place later to remember the 96 fans who died at the disaster
    • Birkenhead MP Frank Field says the government should collect data on the number of children who start school underweight and hungry so that they can take steps to tackle the issue
    • Police across Merseyside and Cheshire have been taking part in a week-long operation targeting rogue traders, loan sharks and distraction burglars 
  10. Weather: Drizzly start with dry spells but more rain laterpublished at 08:12 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    BBC Weather

    A cloudy and drizzly start to the day and while there will be some dry weather, there is more rain moving in this afternoon. Highs of 10C.

    BBC Weather
  11. Good morning: Join us for today's live news coveragepublished at 08:03 British Summer Time 15 April 2016

    Jenny Coleman
    Reporter, BBC Local Live

    Hello from Liverpool, I'm here with all your news, sport, travel and weather updates from across Merseyside and west Cheshire today. 

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